HPE Names Affigent, an Akima Company, 2018 Small Business Partner of the Year

HERNDON, Va., May 7, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Affigent, an Akima Company, has received the Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Federal Small Business Partner of the Year Award for achieving excellence in providing HPE solutions for federal customers. The recognition took place during the annual HPE Partner Summit held earlier this year.

"This award demonstrates the commitment that Affigent places on providing excellent support for our business partners and customers," said Carol Rivetti, President of Affigent. "We look forward to continuing our strong relationship with HPE to offer cloud and managed services to federal government customers."

Affigent worked with HPE to become the first federal channel partner to provide the company's innovative HPE GreenLake IT solution. This solution allows customers to leverage a consumption-based model for hardware, software, and expertise either on-premises or in the cloud.

"We are thrilled to recognize the achievements of Affigent, LLC, as HPE's Federal Small Business Partner of Year for their commitment to embracing HPE's approach to Digital Transformation--finding customers' right mix of public and private cloud," said Brian Falvey, Director, Pointnext Services, U.S. Public Sector & Canada at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. "Together, HPE and Affigent had a banner year with significant growth across all business segments, especially HPE Pointnext where together we delivered a GreenLake private cloud solution to the U.S. Army. We look forward to continuing forward-looking success for many years to come. "

About Affigent, an Akima Company

In a crowded federal IT market, Affigent stands apart as a turnkey IT solutions provider that repeatedly demonstrates the right offerings, technology knowledge, and business process expertise needed by government customers. Affigent takes a holistic approach to delivering solutions, seeking visibility into the interdependencies between your enterprise systems and the business processes that guide your mission. This enables us to identify immediate areas for performance improvement, align technology with business priorities, and build strategic frameworks for long-term growth. Learn more about how Affigent can support your agency's IT needs at http://www.affigent.com.

About Akima

Akima is an Alaska Native Corporation with more than 7,500 employees and 30 years of experience in federal contracting in the core areas of IT, systems engineering, base operations and logistics, aviation, protective services and detention management, and construction. The Akima portfolio of companies compete in 8(a), small business, and open markets to deliver scalable, cost-effective solutions to meet virtually any mission requirement. With operations in 46 states, two territories and 12 countries, Akima is positioned to provide the expertise you need wherever you need it. For more information visit http://www.akima.com.

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